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| Background information | |
| Born | December 13, 1960 |
| Genres | Experimental, art rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock, progressive metal, world music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Warr guitar, Chapman Stick, bass guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | 7D Media |
| Website | treygunn |
Trey Gunn (born December 13, 1960) is an American musician, known for being in the progressive rock band King Crimson from 1994 to 2003. He plays Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick instruments.
A native Texan who now resides in New Mexico, Gunn began playing classical piano when he was 7. He has also played electric bass, electric and acoustic guitar, keyboards, and the touch guitar. He moved to Eugene, Oregon and played in punk bands while earning a degree in classical music composition at the University of Oregon. [1] Next, he moved to New York City and began a professional career in music.
For a while he was a student of Guitar Craft with founder Robert Fripp and appeared on several Robert Fripp as well as the League of Crafty Guitarists recordings. From 1988 to 1991, he toured playing a Chapman Stick in the UK and Europe, with Toyah Willcox, Robert Fripp, and Paul Beavis.
At first he played under the band project name "Fripp, Fripp" who by the second tour became Sunday All Over the World. They recorded and released an album in 1991 entitled Kneeling at the Shrine. In the same year and with the SAOTW lineup, he also played stick on the solo Toyah album Ophelia's Shadow, produced by Toyah who was to later guest on his album, The Third Star . In 1992, Gunn was asked to join David Sylvian and Robert Fripp in a collaborative project that toured the United States, Europe, and Japan. The band released The First Day and Damage–a live recording from the Royal Albert Hall in London. During that period, Gunn also recorded his first solo album One Thousand Years.
In 1992 and 1993 with Fripp, Bert Lams, Hideyo Moriya, and Paul Richards, he toured and recorded as The Robert Fripp String Quintet. [2]
In 1994, Gunn joined King Crimson. With King Crimson he played a Chapman Stick and later diverse types of Warr guitar. He was part of the "double trio" formation opposite Tony Levin. In 1997, King Crimson fragmented into smaller configurations known as the ProjeKcts. Gunn, along with Fripp, participated in all of the ProjeKcts performances and recordings. In 1999, the group mutated into a four-piece–Belew, Fripp, Gunn, and Mastelotto. He left Crimson after "The Power to Believe" tour in 2003. Over the course of a decade with the group, he participated in thirty-three King Crimson CDs, two DVDs, and hundreds of performances. [3]
He has also performed and recorded with a number of other musicians: Tool, Puscifer, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Sean Malone and Gordian Knot, David Sylvian, Vernon Reid, John Paul Jones, Eric Johnson, Jerry Marotta, Alice, Azam Ali, Matt Chamberlain, Michael Brook, Bill Rieflin, David Hykes of the Harmonic Choir and many more. He has released a number of solo albums, as Trey Gunn and as the leader of The Trey Gunn Band.
Years of working with broad-necked instruments like the Warr guitar affected Gunn physically. He has had to seek less damaging playing methods expressing his art. [4] As a result he has been playing the guitar in a horizontal position across his lap. He also has earned a black belt in Aikido from Bruce Bookman and practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu brown belt in Santa Fe, NM.
In 2003, Gunn founded the multi-media group Quodia with Joe Mendelson where he has contributed more vocals than in previous projects and less Warr guitar. In 2004, he and Pat Mastelotto started collaborating with Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen, forming KTU out of their respective duos, TU and Kluster. In 2012, he began working with Jerry Marotta in the group The Security Project.
In addition to helping run the label 7d Media, he currently works as a solo artist, in film and television scoring, coaching artists in the creative process at Original Voice Coaching, and as a member of the group Tu-Ner [5] with Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter. [6]
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| Date | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Toyah | Ophelia's Shadow |
| 1991 | Sunday All Over the World | Kneeling at the Shrine |
| 1993 | Robert Fripp / California Guitar Trio *as Robert Fripp String Quintet | The Bridge Between |
| 1993 | David Sylvian / Robert Fripp | The First Day |
| 1993 | David Sylvian / Robert Fripp | Darshan |
| 1994 | David Sylvian / Robert Fripp | Damage: Live |
| 1994 | U. Srinivas & Michael Brook | Dream |
| 1994 | King Crimson | Vrooom |
| 1995 | King Crimson | Thrak |
| 1995 | King Crimson | B'Boom: Live in Argentina |
| 1995 | Alice | Charade |
| 1996 | King Crimson | Thrakattak |
| 1996 | Sean Malone | Cortlandt |
| 1999 | ProjeKct One | Live at the Jazz Café |
| 1998 | ProjeKct Two | Space Groove |
| 1999 | ProjeKct Two | Live Groove |
| 1999 | ProjeKct Three | Masque |
| 1999 | ProjeKct Four | West Coast Live |
| 1999 | King Crimson | Déjà Vrooom (DVD) |
| 1999 | King Crimson | The ProjeKcts (4-CD box set) |
| 1999 | King Crimson | The Deception of the Thrush |
| 1999 | Gordian Knot | Gordian Knot |
| 1999 | John Paul Jones | Zooma |
| 1999 | Bill Rieflin / Robert Fripp / Trey Gunn | Birth of a Giant |
| 1999 | Bill Rieflin / Robert Fripp / Trey Gunn | The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior |
| 2000 | ProjeKct X | Heaven and Earth |
| 2000 | King Crimson | The Construkction of Light |
| 2000 | King Crimson | Heavy ConstruKction |
| 2000 | King Crimson | Level Five |
| 2001 | King Crimson | Vrooom Vrooom |
| 2001 | Mike Brannon & Synergy | Barcodes |
| 2002 | TU (Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto) | Thunderbird Suite |
| 2002 | King Crimson | Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With |
| 2003 | King Crimson | The Power to Believe |
| 2003 | King Crimson | Eyes Wide Open (DVD) |
| 2003 | King Crimson | EleKtrik: Live in Japan |
| 2003 | TU (Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto) | TU |
| 2004 | TU (Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto) | Official Bootleg |
| 2005 | KTU | 8 Armed Monkey |
| 2006 | Azam Ali | Elysium for the Brave |
| 2007 | Puscifer | "V" Is for Vagina |
| 2007 | Quodia | The Arrow (CD/DVD) |
| 2007 | Stretching Madness | Escape Plan |
| 2008 | The Season Standard | Squeeze Me Ahead of Line |
| 2008 | UKZ | Radiation |
| 2009 | KTU | Quiver |
| 2009 | N.y.X | Down in Shadows |
| 2010 | Inna Zhelannaya | Cocoon |
| 2011 | TU (Trey Gunn & Pat Mastelotto) | Live in Russia |
| 2011 | Steven Wilson | Grace for Drowning |
| 2011 | Morgan Ågren, Henry Kaiser, Trey Gunn | Invisible Rays |
| 2012 | The Security Project with Jerry Marotta | The Security Project with Jerry Marotta |
| 2014 | Leon Alvarado/Jerry Marotta | Music From An Expanded Universe |
| 2014 | John Crispino | Seconds Before Landing II - Seconds Before Landing |
| 2015 | King Crimson | THRAK (box set) |
| 2015 | Leon Alvarado | Persistence |
| 2016 | N.y.X | The News |
| 2016 | The Security Project | Live 1 |
| 2017 | The Security Project | Live 2 |
| 2017 | The Security Project | CONTACT |
| 2018 | The Deep Energy Orchestra | Playing With Fire |
| 2019 | King Crimson | Heaven & Earth (box set) |
| 2019 | King Crimson | The ReconstruKction of Light (box set) |
| 2019 | The Security Project | Slow Burn |
| 2020 | The Deep Energy Orchestra | The Return |
| 2020 | with Markus Reuter | Life on Hisarü 9 |
| 2023 | with Tu-Ner (w/ Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter) | Contact Information |
| 2024 | with Tu-Ner (w/Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter) | Tu-Ner For Lovers |
Robert Fripp is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session musician and collaborator, notably with David Bowie, Blondie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall, The Roches, Talking Heads, and David Sylvian. He also composed the startup sound of Windows Vista operating system, in collaboration with Tucker Martine and Steve Ball. His discography includes contributions to over 700 official releases.
Lee Patrick Mastelotto is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister and O.R.k., as well as working as a session drummer with XTC, The Pointer Sisters and The Rembrandts, among others. In addition, he has led or co-led other projects including Mastica, Tuner, TU and The Mastelottos.
The Construkction of Light is the twelfth studio album by English band King Crimson, released in May 2000 by record label Virgin. It is the first of two studio albums to feature the "double duo" line-up of Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto. It is the only King Crimson studio album not to chart in the US.
Jazz Café Suite is a live album by ProjeKct One, one of the four sub-groups known as ProjeKcts into which the band King Crimson 'fraKctalised' from 1997 to 1999. The album was released by Discipline Global Mobile records in 2003.
King Crimson On Broadway is a live album by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in July 1999. The tracks on the albums were recorded at the Longacre Theater in New York City, New York, US, on November 20, 21, 22, 24 and 25, 1995, as the band was touring to promote the album THRAK.
Nashville Rehearsals is an album of studio sessions and rehearsals by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in November 2000. The band were working towards a new King Crimson studio album, but decided progress was unsatisfactory and did not develop these ideas further.
A Beginners' Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club is a 2000 album by the band King Crimson, compiled from King Crimson Collectors' Club albums - limited release live recordings of concert performances, studio sessions and radio sessions.
Live in Mexico City is a live album by band King Crimson, first released as a free Windows Media Audio download in 1999. Some tracks later appeared on the live albums Cirkus: The Young Persons' Guide to King Crimson Live (1999) and Vrooom Vrooom (2001), and as part of the expanded "THRAK BOX" in 2015. The album was recorded at the Metropolitan Theater, Mexico City, Mexico, 2–4 August 1996
ProjeKct X was a side project of the music band King Crimson during 1999–2000.
The First Day is the first of three collaborations between British musicians David Sylvian and Robert Fripp. It was released in August 1993, featuring a driving rock style with elements of funk.
KTU is a Finnish-American progressive/experimental musical supergroup. In 2004, Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto started collaborating with Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen, forming KTU out of their respective duos TU and Kluster.
Live at the Jazz Café is a live album released in 1998 by ProjeKct One, a sub-group of King Crimson. Live at the Jazz Café was included as part of the 1999 box set The ProjeKcts.
The Roar of P4 is a live album from ProjeKct Four, a King Crimson offshoot band. It was recorded on November 1, 1998, in San Francisco and released by the King Crimson Collector's Club in August 1999.
The ProjeKcts are a succession of spin-off projects associated with the band King Crimson.
The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson – Volume Two – 1981–2003 is a compilation album by the highly influential English progressive rock band King Crimson, containing the best-known songs from the group's 1981–2003 phase. No material from the album the construKction of light (2000) was included in this box set. It was released in 2005.
London, Jazz Café, England – December 4, 1997 is a live album by ProjeKct One, one of the four sub-groups known as ProjeKcts into which the band King Crimson 'fraKctalised' from 1997 to 1999. The album was released as a download on DGM Live in 2005 and is organized into two sets designed to fit on two CDs. In 2006, seven minutes of additional audio was discovered by DGM and the complete set replaced the former version. This version was made available free of charge to purchasers of the previous edition. The cover art is available for download in the form of a PDF file and the music is available in the MP3 and FLAC formats.
Markus Reuter is a German multi-disciplinary musician, composer, record producer and instrument designer.
A Scarcity of Miracles is the lone album by Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins, released in 2011. It united singer and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk with three musicians best known from King Crimson, guitarist Robert Fripp, saxophonist Mel Collins and bassist/Chapman Stick player Tony Levin. Porcupine Tree member Gavin Harrison was featured on drums. Jakszyk and Harrison would go on to participate together in the next incarnation of King Crimson.
Tuner is an electronic rock duo formed by drummer/programmer Pat Mastelotto and touch guitarist Markus Reuter. Tuner has released four albums and also functions as a production team, having produced and arranged records for Tovah, Moonbound and Chrysta Bell and as remixers. Mastelotto and Reuter also work together in Stick Men and The Crimson ProjeKct.
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